Washington's weird words

The Dictionary of American Regional English gives the Northwest credit for some odd ones.

By BY LEVI PULKKINEN

on December 4, 2013 9:23 PM

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Words can be such particular things. The good people at the Dictionary of American Regional English have made an exhaustive study of America’s weirder sayings, and now, for the first time, they’ve put their dictionary online. Check out some Northwest regionalisms included in the DARE. (The definitions are ours, not theirs.)

Words can be such particular things. The good people at the Dictionary of American Regional English have made an exhaustive study of America’s weirder sayings, and now, for the first time, they’ve put their